Weeding tool



Dec. 16, 1930. A, ROESCH ET AL 1,785,531

WEEDING TOOL Filed March 5, 1929 Patented Dec. 16, 1930 PATENT: OFFICEALFRED ROESGH .AND JOHN ROETTINGER, OF RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY WEEDING TQOLApplication mea March 5, 1929. seriai No. 344,197.

Our invention relates to improvements in weeding tools and 1t 1s theprincipal object of the invention to provide a tool of this type with anend comb by means of which 5 the weeds can be removed from the soil together with their roots.

This uprooting comb may have 5 to 6, 7 to 8, or even more teeth adaptedto be pressed into the ground and to positively remove the weedstogether with their roots.

Another object of our invention is the provision ofa tool of thischaracter which is simple in its construction and thereforecomparatively inexpensive to manufacture, yet durable an-d ecientin itsoperation A further object of our invent-ion Lis the provision of aweeding tool allowing a ready removal and exchange of the tool from itshandle.

These and other objects and advantages of our invention will become morefully apparent as the description thereof proceeds and 1 will then bemore specifically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosureFig. 1 is a top plan view of the weeding tool constructed according toour invention.

Fig. 2 is a side edge'view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the tool, partly in section on line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary inside view of a tool holder and part of theweeding tool 55 proper, connected with said holder.

As illustrated, the novel and improved weeding tool comprises a handle10 ofany ordinary well known construction to which is secured by meansof a' rivet 11 or the like 40 the socket of a forked tool holder 12having its arms 13, 14 channeled as at 15 and adapt'- ed to receive theinner ends of an elastic loop member 16, which ends are adapted to bebent towards each other and tof expand within the channels so as to befirmly held thereinby friction, while thely7 allowobviously a readyremoval therefrom and exchange. l

To the inner curve of the apex of the member 16 a comb 17 is Secured bymeans of bolts or rivets 18 or the like, said comb having a y pluralityof downwardly directed teeth 19 of any desired and suitable number.

The operation` of our weeding tool will be entirely clear from the abovedescription and it will be clear that by pressing the teeth of is thecomb into the soil behind the weeds and pulling the handle the weedswill effectively be removed together with their roots.V

It will be understood that we have disclosed the preferred form of ourdevice only as one 30 example ofthe many ways to practically constructthe same, and that we may make such changes in the construction oftheminor details of our t-ool as come within the scope of the appendedclaims without departure from our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. A weeding tool comprising a handle, a lo forked holder having asocket adapted to be riveted to the end of said handle, a pair of armsU-shaped in cross-section to form channels integral with said socket,and a loop member having elastic arms or ends adapted when bent towardseach other to engage the said channels and to be frictionally heldtherein upon their release` for expansion, and

a means attached at the apex of said loop for uprooting weeds by pullingon said handle.V 8o

, 2. A weeding tool comprising a handle, a forked tool holder having asocket formed therewith for engagement by the end of said handle, meansfor securing said handle in said socket, lchanneled arms on said holder,S5 an elastic loop member having its ends bent towards each other andintroduced'into the channels of said arms, to be firmly held therein byfriction due to the tendencyy of said arms to spread, a comb'riveted tothe'inner .90 curve of the apex of said loop, anda plurality ofdownwardly directed teeth on said comb. v

" In witness whereof we have signed our names to this specication.

ALFRED HOESCH. JOHN ROETTlNGER.

